PM Modi security lapse in 2022: The Punjab authorities has suspended seven policemen, including Bathinda Superintendent of Police (SP) Gurwinder Singh Sangha over dereliction of responsibility in reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security breach throughout a go to to the state on January 5, 2022.
According to an order issued by the Punjab Home Ministry, moreover Singh, two DSP-rank officers— Parson Singh and Jagdish Kumar, inspectors Tejinder Singh, Balwinder Singh and Jatinder Singh, and assistant sub-inspector Ramesh Kumar have been positioned below suspension with speedy impact.
Notably, Singh, who’s posted as an SP in Bathinda district, was on the time of the incident posted because the Superintendent of Police (Operations) and was on responsibility in Ferozepur.
According to the order, all seven policemen have been named in a cost sheet below part 8 of Punjab Civil Services rule (punishment and enchantment) 1970.
Here’s suspension order
According to the suspension order, a report dated October 18, 2023, on the incident was submitted by the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) in which the state police chief mentioned that Singh didn’t carry out his responsibility correctly. After consideration of the matter on the degree of the competent authority, the officer involved is suspended with speedy impact, mentioned the order issued in Punjabi.
PM Modi security lapse in 2022
Prime Minister Modi’s security breach occurred on January 5, 2022, when Modi was on his approach to Hussainiwala in Ferozepur. He landed at Bathinda on January 5 morning from the place he was to go to the National Martyrs Memorial at Hussainiwala by helicopter. However, as a result of inclement climate, the Prime Minister needed to take a street route.
Around 30 km away from the National Martyrs Memorial in Hussainiwala, when his convoy reached a flyover, it was discovered that the street was blocked by some protestors. Modi’s convoy was stranded on a flyover for over 15-20 minutes as a result of a blockade by protesters in Ferozepur. Following this he returned from Punjab with out attending any occasion, including a rally.
It is pertinent to say that in January 2022, Congress chief Charanjit Singh Channi was the Chief Minister of Punjab, and this incident was seen as a major security breach for the Prime Minister.
The Supreme Court-appointed committee, which probed the security breach throughout Prime Minister Modi’s go to to Punjab in January 2022, had indicted a number of state officers for lapses. After 22 months, motion has been taken by suspending an SP.
